Adjustable support for electric wires.



A. W. BBNSLEY. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT. r013.. ELECTRIC WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, was

ALBERT W. BENSLEY, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND ADJUSTABLE .snrr'on'r non ELECTRIC wmns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application filed September 16, 1908. Seria1 No. 453,176.

To all whom it"may concern:

Be it known thatI, ALBERT Bnxsnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Supports for Electric or other \Vires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for supporting electric or other wires; and the obec't in view is to provide, a device of this character, whereby its fixed support may be mounted at different posit-ions upon a wall or other surface and at the same time permit of its insulator-posts being adjusted to a proper position to receive the wire connections.

My invention consists of a fixed member, or support proper, provided with a socket at each end thereof, and which socket is surrounded by an inwardly extending flange provided with a series of ooves, and an insulator -%)O5t having an integral locking portion," o- .the same contour as that of the socket and flange of first mentioned member. In the accompanying sheet of drawings, F ,igure 1 is a front elevation of the fixed member of my device. Fig. 2 is a' view, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing the fixed member mounted on a wall, and also showing the insulator-post in its relative adjusted position upon said fixed memben! Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my improved device, showing the fixed member as m'horizontal position and t-he insulatorposts adjusted to their pro er vertical position upon said fixed mem er, and, Fw. 4 represents the fixed member as mounted in an angular position, and theinsulator-posts intheir normal position upon said fixed member.

Like reference characters indicate like parts.

Referring to the drawings, a designates the fixed member, or support proper, of my device, said support having an extension or body portion a whose ends terminate with flat circular bases a", a, each base having a centrally raised circular flange a which is provided with an entering-opening a", and

said flange divides said opening from a centrally arranged recess formed in the rear of each base, as at a", and the flange of each base of said member or support has a series of V-shaped grooves a, a surrounding its entering-opening a*, in the manner shown 1n Figs. 1 and 2.

b designates the insulator-post of my dcvice, said post being of L-shapcd form and having its lateral portion I) terminating with a centrally arranged collar 5- having a flat circular head and on the vertical portion'of said post is'mounted the usual glass insulator 0, for securing thereto the electric or other wire.

The collar 6 of the post I), has a eries of V-shaped shoulders I), b made to fit within the grooves a of the flange of the member a, and the head If, of said post I), is of a size to fit within the recess a of said member.

When the device is to be mounted so that its support a may extend horizontally, as shown in Fig. 3, the insulator-posts b, b are positioned within their respective enteringopenings a, a, and laterally of said support, after which the device is secured to the wall d by screws e, e which pass through openings f, ffformedin each baseportion of the support a.

In cases wherein the wall surface does not permit of the support a being secured in a horizontal position, the posts b, b may be adjusted to a locked angular position upon said support, so that whemthe devie is mounted upon the wall it extends at an incline thereupon and with the posts in a normal vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4.

' By. my-construction and arrangement of parts'l provide a device that contains in itself all that is necessary to accommodate the support being mounted in different positions upon a wall and at the same time afford the proper positioning of its insulator-posts. Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s

1. In a device of the character described, a fixed member or support having a circular base at eachend thereof, and each base having a raised circular flange which divides an entering-opening from a recess formed in the rear; of each" base, and the flange of each base having a series of V-shapcd grooves surrounding its entering-opening, an insulatorpost having an inte ral collar and head at one end thereof, sai collar having a series of V-shaped shoulders adapted to fit in the grooves of each base of first mentioned member, and said head of a size to fit the reing a support provided with an enteringopening at each end thereof and surrounding a series of grooves, and an insulator-post having an integral collar adapted to be brought within the entering-opening and having a series of shoulders to fit 1n the grooves of said support, so constructed that each member may be adjusted in difierent angular positions relatively to each other.

In combination, the fixed support. a having a circular raised flange a at each end thereof, said flange dividing an enteringopening 0 from a recess a, and said flange provided with a series of \(-shaped grooves a surrounding its entering-opening, the insulator-post I) having an integral collar Z1 and head '5 at one end thereof said collar having a series of V-sh aped shoulders b adapted to fit within the grooves of tlzc: support, and the head of said post of a size to fit in the recessed portions of said support substantially as shown and for the purpose. specified.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT W. BENSLEY.

' Witnesses:

FREDERIC W. EN'rWrs'rLs,- STANLEY N. CHASE. 

